Tl* - the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. While driving the vehicle at 10 MPH she heard a loud noise. The contact was able to drive to a nearby repair shop. The mechanic determined that the rear spring failed and punctured the rear driver's side tire. There were no injuries. The failure mileage was 71,282. The mechanic replaced the rear coil springs. The vehicle was still making noises, and the contact was taking the vehicle to a ford dealer. The contact has the repair invoice. *ak the consumer states that getty service the wrong part on the vehicle. The consumer took the vehicle to walls ford and they repaired the vehicle. The dealer stated that he repaired rear struts and rear shock absorber. The sway bar links were replaced. Updated 05/04/07
2000 Ford Taurus tires complaints
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I own a 2000 ford taurus model ses and have encountered suspension problems as related to the coil springs. Two years ago the left front coil spring broke and punctured my left front tire while driving and I nearly hit a utility pole. I found out there was a recall and both left and right front coil springs were replaced by ford dealer. Yesterday, while my car was at the body shop, they noticed that the driver's side rear coil spring was broken and it has cut a groove into the tire and will cause the same dangerous action as the front coil did two years age. I might not had been as lucky this time, depending on where and at what speed I was driving, if I had not had the vehicle in the body shop and they had not found the defect. It is amazing to me that ford motor corp.,would not have recalled the rear coil springs, the same as they did for the front. They are basically the same configuration, and perform the same function as the front coils, did they not think that it would not be the same outcome. This is extremely dangerous and could cause serious injury and most likely death in many instances. The real problem is that the owner is unaware of the problem until something happens. I did not know or have any inkling, in either case, that the springs were broke. There is no way of telling unless the car is on a lift, so if an owner is lucky enough to have the vehicle in the shop for repairs or inspection, it would most likely go unnoticed until a tire blew and put their life in jeopardy while on the road.
2000 taurus left rear tire blew out. *ts the consumer lost control of the vehicle and drove off the roadway and struck a ditch in the median.
I have a concern about what happened last week to my tires. All four tires went bad within a couple of weeks of each other. I began to feel bumping on the road, and within 2 weeks it was bad enough to take the car in to the ford shop. I was shown where each tire had begun to separate and get warped. I could feel the up-and-down bumpiness in the tires with my own hand when they showed it to me. This was on all the tires. One was so bad it looked like a bubble. These tires only had 53,800 miles on them; on a new car I got through military overseas car sales in april 2000. I have had all the regular servicing/rotation/checks and my husband routinely checked the pressures. My concern is that these all had the same lot number - we checked them to be sure. The a3x844p0400 number was on all of them. The report reads "all 4 tires are worn out - belt separated." the ford shop personnel said this is a very rare occurrence and they felt it was worth reporting. If someone else has these tires and and accident results from this separation, it would not be good. Therefore, I am reporting my event so that if there are others, you may take appropriate actions to prevent injuries/damages. I will also send a copy of this note to dot and mil overseas sales. I had to replace all four tires @ a cost of $717.91 thank you for your attention. Linda shiraishi 1760 150th ave san leandro ca 94578.
Consumer stated that in december 2003 one spring was replaced along with one strut and the tire on driver's side. Currently, the vehicle was being recalled for the replacement of both front coil springs ,and dealershi refused to do so. Consumer later contacted the manufacturer, and they too refused to replace the springs at no charge. Consumer dreceive a recall notice for this defect.
Failure of air bag deployment in 2001 ford taurus. *mr this was a high speed crash where the consumer could not control the vehicle and impacted a concrete bridge rail. *sc when the consumer first took possession of the vehicle, it had a bad shimmy in the front end when the brakes were applied. The dealer found the rotors were warped, a few days after the rotors were replaced the rear end of the vehicle fish tailed, the dealer then discovered the rear drums were not round and had to be replaced. Months later the vehicle fish tailed again and the tires had to be replaced. *jb
While driving 60 MPH and without any indication passenger rear tire sidewall blew out. The vehicle swerved and fish tailed and struck a cement barrier near the shoulder of the high way. There was no serious injuries and the police did arrive. P21560r16942.
While the vehicle was parked in the driveway driver's side coil spring sheared off. This caused the driver's side tire to inflate, and the left side of the vehicle collapsed to the ground. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic replaced the tire and coil spring due to worn out parts.
Bad shimmy and wobble in front drivers side also makes steering wheel wobble bad.
While driving 50 MPH consumer heard a loud noise. Consumer pulled over to the side to examine the vehicle. Consumer nearly lost control of the vehicle because the right (passenger) front dropped dangerously low. Consumer determined that the right tire blew out, and the coil spring broke. *ak the broken end of the spring went in the inside of the sidewall, which damaged the tire. Also, vehicle was running on a smooth road when incident occurred.
With only 24,533 miles on our 2000 ford taurus station wagon, the firestone store, hurst, tx, replaced four tires due to belt separation. Replaced with original ford tire: dot#vn8xt3b2503 affinity touring t3 p215/60r16 tlbl ps .
The vehicle alignment will eat off tire, causing tread wear and tear. *ak the front tire(s) had wore out. The dealer sent the consumer to the tire company and they sent the consumer back to the dealer stating it was an alignment problem. The tires were rotated and soon after the wires were seen extending out of the left front tire. The consumer requested reimbursement. *scc
While traveling at normal speed torsion bar broke, causing front passenger tire to blowout.
While driving at 55 MPH and no warning, the rear passenger tire experienced a blow out, and caused the tire to split. Continental model contact sa,size#p21560r16,dot#acx844p1900. Consumer had to pull over. *ak *cb
The vehicle's tires were cracked and separated. The dealer was notified. Nlm
I own a 2000 ford taurus wagon se with oem touring contact as - p215/60r16 - 94t tires. The ford's b-column sticker lists the correct tire inflation as 30 psi, both front and rear. The american tire distributor 2003 tire guide, published by bennett garfield lists the correct pressure for this make and model as 33 psi. I have suffered from severe cupping that I believe to be related to following, the ford inflation specification. I am forced to replace my tires with only 36,000 miles after at least 12,000 miles of chatter from the damaged treads. I no longer feel safe using these tires.
The tire developed a blister on the sidewall at 15,000 miles.
This is the second set of continental touring contact as, 215/60r/16-94t. Tires the first went out of round at 2400 or so miles this the front 2 per the dealer are out of round also and per the service rep brian branson after 20000 miles it should be expected, and needs to addressed with the tire manufacture since they changed the tires once and the mileage at 22997 is to great for them to do anything. I took the car to a dealer and he said that, for $15.00 each they could get the tire back in round the dealer who offered no help and charged $75.00 to tell me the tires are out of round and not covered by ford, I guess so much for service being number 1. Dt
Tires: reported vibration , shimmy and pulling to the left. Took to dealer 6/24/2000 (1829) miles, balanced tires. On 11/14/2000 (9061)miles, 04/23/2001 (12871) balanced tires. Finally, 5/25/2001 (14518) replaced two front tires. Vibration and shimmy stopped but kept pulling to the left. On 10/10/2001 (23876) miles, charged me for alignment, car stopped pulling. Transmission: at approximately 40800 miles car had a noticeable shudder while going in reverse. Took to the dealer and was told it was a cracked casing as noted in tsb 15559 the federal safety agency number (630095) caused by miss manufacture of a part. Was informed dealer or ford motor co. Would not assist with repair cost to exceed $1495. Brakes: reported brake problem on 5/25/2001 and 10/10/2001 when it was server, shaking and control problems when stopping. Dealer cut front rotors which was out of spec.- problem is back. Fuel: have smelled gas in my car many times. Bought to dealers attention and of course could not find anything. Car is to have 18 gal. Tank but runs out of gas before that. Gas gauge reads empty at 12 gal. And was told it was built to be that way. Several complaints filed with you also describe my problems. Odi numbers 760669, 896396, 897642 and 862471 are some. *ph *nlm **dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut over to artemis**769760
The service atttendant inflated the tires in excess of the maximum recommended pressure of 45 psi. The service attendant stated he inflated the tires at the pressure according to the label printed on the tires. Consumer requests a refund of monies paid.
Was driving home from work and tire blew out for no reason rip occurred along the outside of the tire the were checked a few day' s before and had the proper air pressure and no defects were observed and I did not run over any foregin objects while driving on the freeway , the police chief of the city of northlake assisted me in changing the flat.
Was driving home from work and tire blew out for no reason rip occurred along the out side of the tire the were checked a few day' s before and had the proper air pressure and no defects were observed and I did not run over any foregin objects while driving on the freeway , the police chief of the city of northlake assisted me in changing the flat.
The consumer states that the rear tire became flat due to tread separation. The consumer has replaced all four tires. *ak the consumer had gotten out of the vehicle and saw that the right rear tire was flat as the consumer walked around the car and noticed that the right front tire was half flat. The consumer took the vehicle to the tire store and was told that they were seperating on the outside. The left two were seperating on the inside of the tires. The consumer feels that he shouldn't have to pay for replacing the tires because the tire were faulty.
While driving at 45mph, the consumer had experienced tread separation on the right rear tire, which caused damage to vehicle. Original equipment. *ak the consumer noticed a slapping sound coming from the tire as he was driving on the interstate. The consumer then pulled over to take a look and saw nothing and continued back driving. Then two miles down the road the tread separated on the right rear tire and caused damage to the right rear fender and bumper. (4 continental p215/60 r16 94t touring contact tires)
Consumer is having a problem with all tires on vehicle. He will explain further details. Dealership is aware of problem.
While driving at high speeds on highway vehicle will vibrate badly, and act like consumer was driving with a flat tire, which was a result of steel radio belt inside the tire. Dealer contacted.
Tread separated on freeway @ 70 MPH. Inner liner remained inflated, came close to losing control, missed center divider by 12" before coming to rest. No injuries. Major damage to vehicle body and wheel well assembly. Mechanical damge unknown at this time
Wheel alignment was off due to corrosion. All four tires were warped, and needed to be replaced. Dealership was aware of problem. *ak the dealer replaced rear right and left side lower control arms and bushings to correct the alignment problem. The driver side mirror had failed and was installed by the dealer. (continental tire size p215/60r16)
Continental general ameri, original equipment on a 2000, taurus, p215/60r16 size, dot# a3x844p1300. All four tires have slits on sidewall.*ak
After about 3.5 hours of highway driving from denver to las vegas, the tire blew out outside of grand junction, co. In 60+f temps. The tire started to chunck out before it blew-out. I thought my wife was hitting debris in the road before the tire blew-out. The tire blew-out at the sidewall where the sidewall and tread come together. I have the tire in my possession if you'd like me to send it to you. The dealer, we bought the car from, did repay me for the full set of new tires that were purchased in las vegas,nv. *ak (dot number: 8xx8 tiresize: p215-60r16)
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